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2.22.2014

Pack Preview: Duke & Northwestern

Duke

Duke
has a young team that has improved throughout the season. Coach Lanham is
in his second year as the head coach. Highlight matches should be 157 and 197
pounds. At 157 pounds, both Gantt and Kerr-Brown are nationally ranked.
At 197 pounds, senior KaRonne Jones faces another nationally ranked
wrestler. He will have wrestled six nationally ranked competitors in his
last nine matches.

125 -
open
133 -
Botwin - redshirt freshman (4-15), his best position is top
141 -
Ramos - freshman (7-19), likes to shoot a single leg and is funky
149 -
Bass - freshman (11-13), good on top with legs and tilts
157 -
#22 Kerr-Brown - redshirt junior (21-9), likes to shoot a single and wrestle
from an underhook
165 -
Cain - redshirt sophomore (10-14), shoots a double, has a good navy ride on top
174 -
Adamson - redshirt sophomore (15-11), solid both neutral and on the mat
184 -
Kasper - freshman (12-14), shoots a double and bodylocks
197 -
#22 Hartman - redshirt sophomore (18-8), NCAA qualifier, has good reshot and
wrestles from an underhook
285 -
Walsh - redshirt sophomore (8-4), hard to score on and keeps good position

#21
Northwestern

Northwestern
enters the weekend with a very solid team that is ranked in the top 25
nationally on the strength of seven ranked wrestlers. The highlight matches of
the dual will be 141, 174, and heavyweight. Speno will have a battle
tested redshirt junior who is ranked. Renda has an opportunity to climb
in the rankings with a match that will see #19 against #15. Heavyweight
will be a battle of two retuning All-Americans that will be important for
seeding at the NCAA tournament.